Officers of the House.

OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE.

Office.

Doorkeeper...

Where and when born.

.Highgate, April 21, 1830..

Ass't Doorkeeper.. Craftsbury, 1855.

. Weybridge. Dec. 2, 1863.

.Randolph, January 31, 1866
....Jamaica, 1867..

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...Alburgh, 1868.......

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Ernest A. Blodgett, St. Johnsbury...Page.

Charles W. Holton, Jamaica.

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Jed P. Ladd, Jr., Alburgh.....

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RECAPITULATION OF THE HOUSE.

Of the Members of the House of Representatives, 175 are Republicans, 43 are Democrats, 5 are Greenbacks, 5 are
Independent, 3 are Democratic Greenbacks, 1 is National Greenback Labor, and nine towns are not represented.
resentatives before.
Twenty of the Representatives were members of the House in the last General Assembly. Forty-eight have been Rep-
Six have been Senators, one has been a member of Congress, one has been Clerk, and one
Engrossing Clerk. One hundred and twenty represent the towns in which they were born. Benjamin F. Morgan of
is the youngest.
Bennington, in his 80th year, is the oldest Member of the House, and Ely Ely-Goddard of West Fairlee, born in 1855,

Occupations.-Farmers, 141; Merchants, 22; Lawyers, 12; Physicians, 8; Manufacturers, 10; Hotel Keepers,
5; Clergymen, 4; Mechanics, 3; Farmers and Merchants, 3; Farmers and Lumbermen, 3; Farmers and Speculators,
2; Accountants, 2; Editors, 2; Produce Dealers, 2; Farmer and Banker, 1; Farmer and Mechanic, 1; Treasurer, 1;
Teacher, 1; Superintendent, 1; No business, 2.
Miller, 1; Iron Founder, 1; Groceries and Provisions, 1; Railroad Conductor, 1; Blacksmith, 1; Harness Maker, 1;

Religious Preferences.-Congregationalists, 54; Uuiversalists, 31; Methodists, 31; Baptists, 14; Episcopalians,
9; Liberals, 9; Freewill Baptists, 7.; Unitarians, 5; Roman Catholics, 5; Presbyterians, 3; Spiritualists, 3; Friends,
2; Christians, 2; Protestant, 1; Calvinist, 1; Swedenborgian, 1; Free Thinker, 1; Rationalist, 1; No preference, 52.
Nativity.-Vermont, 195; New Hampshire, 11; New York, 9; Massachusetts, 4: Maine, 3; Connecticut, 1;
Pennsylvania, 1; Michigan, 1; Province of Quebec, 2; Ireland, 4; Scotland, 1.

RECAPITULATION OF THE SENATE.

Occupations.-Lawyers, 10; Farmers, 10; Merchants and Farmers, 3; Manufacturers, 2; Merchant, 1; Physi-
cian, 1; Railroad Contractor, 1; Banker, 1; Hotel Keeper, 1.

Religious Preferences.-Congregationalists, 13; Episcopalians, 5; Methodists, 3; Universalists, 3; Baptist, 1;
Unitarian, 1; No preference, 4.

Nativity.-Vermont, 27; New Hampshire, 2; Massachusetts, 1.

GENERAL INDEX.